From the group formed in 1996 to promote mystery & crime short fiction

Thursday, March 1, 2012

2012 Short Mystery Fiction Society Finalists

Voting opens today for the Derringer Awards. Below are the five stories selected by our judges as finalists in each category. Congratulations to each of the finalists for the excellent work published in 2011. I look forward to seeing more stories from all of you.

I do not envy our members the task of narrowing the stories to one winning entry in each category. In my opinion, these are all winners.

Thank you for the incredible honor--to be included with some of the wonderful authors on this list is mindboggling to me. And also, completely awesome. Good luck to everyone, and I look forward to reading all of the nominees!!

I am absolutely thrilled and flattered to be a finalist. I want to thank the judges and the members of The Short Mystery Fiction Society for this honor. I've read a lot of fantastic stories in 2011. Great stuff. A toast to all the other finalists. Well done my friends!